Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Curt Newsgroups: linux.debian.user Subject: Re: Chromium. Good Alternative for Chrome? Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 09:20:02 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-user-request@lists.debian.org Thu May 12 07:12:50 2016 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.495 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN=0.199, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.001, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.996] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -6.1 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Organization: Unorganized Lines: 35 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: yer91-2-82-227-42-54.fbx.proxad.net User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-18 (Linux) X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/707262 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/slrnnj8b6m.3n8.curty@einstein.electron.org Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 07:12:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: <20160511185722.6935dfdf@debian7.boseck208.net> X-Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.user:167762 On 2016-05-12, Patrick Bartek wrote: > Now that Google Chrome support has ceased for Wheezy (and others), and > since I have no plans to upgrade the OS for another 2 years when it > reaches LTS EOL, would Chromium make a decent alternative? Is it stable > enough for regular use? I've never used it and opinions vary. > Everything I've read says Chromium is "cutting edge." Are we talking > "Unstable-like" to "Testing?" Or Fedora to Red Hat? Chromium would not be a good choice in Wheezy LTS as its life has ended in Wheezy. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1622 You should probably run 'check-support-status' to obtain a list of packages on your machine that are no longer supported security-wise. > Any alternatives instead of Chromium? I mainly desire > stability, security and longevity. Already have the most recent > version of Firefox installed, but prefer it only as a back up. > Iceweasel has been purged. > > Or, maybe, I'll just continue to use the old, unsupported Chrome. > > Thanks. > > B > > -- Hypertext--or should I say the ideology of hypertext?--is ultrademocratic and so entirely in harmony with the demagogic appeals to cultural democracy that accompany (and distract one’s attention from) the ever-tightening grip of plutocratic capitalism. - Susan Sontag